7/27/1889

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••divIollf'^orjiiiipUt^wl^ ftna id tbia it^
NjiitiU^ ot MM (MftA wHh ili#»id«d diej^
•ill IB fe'milt* tM milwr rtlher thin lo
plMi itoi| t|)ii m«rllt ol tb« subjnet iii bhod. I
vbh to 11^ to our good brothflr lb»t m ht $4 i «ni
CKmosrwM I tiu o^t ooa«dhu« of btivlag tn«ntbMh
t^ip io K 'roibjrt«rjir, wli », ihrougb
our ti«irap«p«r« Moa la tbdmanlvM
Um {*Am of trying otftsr wlahtoM fi^r horet
Mjt 'not bftv* I bMn ooo/iioloat of rMiiug a "yall"
lb«i bM bMD "regardtflM of pertucal rightanud
' H.vlptara pmjet.t,-«n(j Mpwipil; «, aud If ht> does not Uoby it, then
let him rooord bi« acceptance of iho propualtlon,
and the brethren will quit "ooaing" around hb
promiaea fur berMy on this point.
Youra lu love of truth. ]. N. Haix.
I
'.•..sowe
^^igipw lu chiei) and pa^wsea a
lafp nMiiM^re ofthe fplrit of feirBeif. 1 wiah to
^ t ^ be lanot the • u ^ oftSii^^ious
ipiff^ia. Tb«N» paper* ware wtHu* by the
'tC^pa Editor" and when be quote* tbo "OMce
JUIitor''J^ almply quoiea blmw»lf.
Again,! wish to lay ^ that b4q
ship bnlll, Nomber of Bunday acboola organs
iz«l k 848, la wbloh there are If.irOteaotiertand
putilla. Pagtt of Iraeta distributed, 850,000, and
5,(M)0 biblea and tealamtnla.
Tbe work of tbe B^jard has been done in Ala>
bima, Arkanasa, Ooba, Florida, Oeotgia, Indian
fttrrltory, Kenttioky, Louisiana, MIsslaalppi,
MarylaMl, Miaitoari, Texaa, Tennesaee, Weal Vir
ginta, and Virginia
' AhABAUk,
Thr«e mlsaionarlOa; one is Iheofoaioal instrnctor
to the oolofwl people. Tbe Board hasagrtedto
onaist Ibe Alabama Convention In work among the
colored people and In the rapidly populating mineral
regions ot tbe Hiate, to tho amount uf 92,000
next year.
Oi)nfrfbaliona to tho Board from Alabama
btvd Increased Ihls year 1817 43
ARKAHaAB.
The Board 00 opflratea with both the Arkanaaa
t'lmTeotion, and Iho General Asaootation of
Vfostom Arkanaan and tbe Indian Territory. The
work needs to bo enUu^ed and pushed moie vig.
or.iiisly In both these bodies. Arkansas, eapecially
the Weatem portion, la rapidly Inorfaaing In
popilation In oonaequenoe of ihe development of
iugtealffitMfal reaoutoea. The Board baa 89
miaslonaalea in tbeae bodies, double tnat number
woul l not aopply the deatiluiloa.
OtTBA.
The work oonHnoee vltb unabated Intereat on
this island, Tbe at«iLitloi glvon by Bro. Diae.
are: MMonariia 20, oburcbea and aUtiona, 27;
baptiimsi 300, Sundfty»achorill, 20; teacbera and
pi'plls, 3,328. Total membeisbip of tbe seven
ohurobea, l,40.1| moooy 0 lilocwd by the»e cborohes,
12,266 70.
The Board hai bought for the ohoroh lo Havant,
* hooae of worahip oapable of holding^,000
people. The hoosa Is located In the heart of the
city, and ooMa IflS.OOO-lwenty thousand of whloh
has bean paid. There are leven native pteaohen
oooaMod with the miMfon, all of whom have
been bapHaed by Bn>. Dwr. Tho cMl govern^'
mein k malataiokig our legal righta igalnat the
the Bkhop of Havana, who ii aeeking to deatioy
our work. Hia app«1 to the authorltiae in
baa bsen refeo ed, and ho has deolaiad in bk
offloiai piper that Aibprto J, Diaa, ia the fiivorite
ofihn Onifsn n"